Trump slams UCLA star's father, players, says he should have 'left them in jail'

Fmr. US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton on President Trump's lesson to UCLA basketball players after helping win their freedom.

President Trump took to Twitter on Sunday, slamming LaVar Ball, the father of one of the UCLA basketball players detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting, after he questioned the commander-in-chief’s role in returning the athletes home.

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“Now that the three basketball players are out of China and saved from years in jail, LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal. I should have left them in jail!” Trump said in a tweet.

Now that the three basketball players are out of China and saved from years in jail, LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal. I should have left them in jail!

Ball’s son, LiAngelo, along with two other members of the UCLA basketball team, were arrested on Nov. 7 for allegedly stealing sunglasses from a Louis Vuitton store, and detained in China for questioning. The incident took place while the team was overseas for their season-opener against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.